It was the 66-year-old’s biggest cash by far. Ilk is only the seventh Austrian to lay their hands on the most coveted prize in poker - a WSOP gold bracelet!

Ilk, who started the day with only eight big blinds, managed to outlast 12 other competitors to land the first prize. After four grueling days of poker, and outlasting 3,121 opponents, Klauz Ilk of Austria won the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #61 $1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold’em tournament for $371,603, and a gold bracelet at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.